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Path and past dependence of firm innovation

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  • Achim Hecker
  • Alois Ganter

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This study examines persistence of product, process, and organizational innovations for a large sample of German firms over the time span from 2002 to 2008. Descriptive analyses using transition probability matrices show pronounced patterns of persistence for all three types of innovation. State dependence effects vanish for process and organizational innovations once we control for unobserved heterogeneity and endogenize initial conditions (Wooldridge approach). We conclude that product innovation processes exhibit significant path dependence; process and organizational innovations, in contrast, are primarily shaped by time-invariant and unobserved firm characteristics. In addition, we find evidence of intertemporal complementarities among the various innovation types.

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  • Achim Hecker & Alois Ganter, 2014. "Path and past dependence of firm innovation," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(5-6), pages 563-583, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ecinnt:v:23:y:2014:i:5-6:p:563-583
    DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2014.895510
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    1. Cristiano Antonelli & Dominique Foray & Bronwyn H. Hall & W. Edward Steinmueller (ed.), 2006. "New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation and New Technology," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 3286.
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    2. Rammer, Christian & Schubert, Torben, 2016. "Concentration on the few? R&D and innovation in German firms 2001 to 2013," ZEW Discussion Papers 16-005, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    3. Alejandro Bello-Pintado & Felipe Berrutti & Carlos Bianchi & Pablo Blanchard, 2019. "Knowledge searching strategies, testing for complementarities on the innovation behavior of the firm," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 19-18, Instituto de Economía - IECON.
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